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13 August 2014
Menu planning
Menu planning can help reduce the cost of living for most of us. It encourages you to think about your food choices, it helps create a heal...
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12 August 2014
Food and grocery budgeting - it's more than money
Although I don't write about it nearly as much as I think about it, food budgeting is one of my favourite topics. It's the firs...
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11 August 2014
Baps or morning rolls in the breadmaker
Most of us home bakers have a gaggle of well used recipes to bake a variety of bread for our families. I am no different. These are soft wh...
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8 August 2014
Weekend reading
The weekend is almost here and I hope that means you have more time to relax and enjoy yourself. Winter is slowly coming to and end he...
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6 August 2014
Busy producing this and that
It was one of those special days yesterday - one when the hours dissolved into each other, I had no real work to do and I sat knittin...
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5 August 2014
Mending a woollen jumper
There was a time when, in my dim and distant past, I would throw out clothes that had a hole, a missing button or a broken zip. I feel real...
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4 August 2014
Slowing down and simplifying life
A recent poll in The Guardian gave a good indication of widespread hope, all around the world, of a simpler life. It also showed that most...
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1 August 2014
Weekend reading
Kathleen, one of our Frizzles, displaying her magnificent hat of soft feathers. I hope you've had a good week. Mine has been a bit...
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31 July 2014
Slow cooked chicken
Last week I said I'd write about a chicken meal for the slow cooker, so here it is. I cooked mine in a cast iron pot in the oven becaus...
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29 July 2014
What I've been part of
Every so often Hanno and I leave our chores behind and go out for the day. We like to take the back roads, we stay away from crowds an...
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28 July 2014
How to make soap - new recipe
This is the soap made last week using calendula-infused oil. I love making soap. It's another piece of the self-reliance puzzle a...
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25 July 2014
Weekend reading
We have an abundance of wildlife here. I was working at my computer yesterday when a kookaburra swooped down to drink at the water bowl....
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